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Himnon persists with the argument. "Messing with dead things is usually unwise. Why do you need to use this to fix your leg? Amelina, from what I hear, is a skilled healer, and there's no reason to heal your leg in this dangerous way."

I just reread the rules on that and I see I got it wrong. My result should have been 7, but that's still a partial success.

"Ysolde is right. That thing with which you were fiddling around is very unsafe. Certainly there are unwelcome spirits that could cause all kinds of..."

Himnon's voice trails off as he casts a spell under his breath to cause a dragon's roar to be heard from the very spot of the device.

Cast a Spell (aid Ysolde): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6) + 2 = 9

Choosing: Your spell won't last long - you'll need to hurry to take advantage of it.
Your spell has unforeseen side effects, and might draw unwanted attention.

"Or, in other words," he continues, "maybe you should find some other cure for your leg."

Seeing the flame becoming too powerful, Himnon quickly diverts the fire away from Sora so as not to burn her, leaving her unscathed but with one of her legs in the ice. Seeing that the whole reason Sora got frozen was to avoid taking damage, I think that this is a reasonable decision.

Seeing Sora's legs caught in ice, Himnon fires a cone of warming fire from his hand to melt it.

Cast a Spell: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6) + 2 = 9

Choosing:
Your spell won't last long - you'll need to hurry to take advantage of it.
Your spell affects either much more or much less than you wanted it to.

Himnon faces the orc, ready to negotiate or take up arms as necessary.

I'm still interested, as long as the game is going on. I've been keeping up-to-date with the thread, but I hadn't really seen an opportunity to say anything in the game, so I was planning on just waiting until the scene changed; but I see that others may have been waiting on my waiting, which, I suppose, explains why there hasn't been much progress, so I regret my part in that.

I won't be able to post for a few days.

Answer for what orcs are good at:

Orcs have extremely acute senses. They can tell someone's presence without seeing him, through sound, smell, or a "second sense" that gives them a feeling someone is present. Whatever the case, it's very difficult to surprise an orc.

Himnon nears the statue, keeping enough distance so as not to disturb the orc, and examines it for a power source, and tries to figure out how it could be disabled.

Spout Lore: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5

Apparently, the task is a bit too difficult for him.

"Indeed, the manor might be the place to go to find out. I hope the owners will be more helpful than the ones to whom we spoke over here."

Spout Lore: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 2) + 2 = 9

"Certainly there is a way to destroy it safely. I might know something about it. But the owner would certainly need some convincing before he would allow us to do that."

That seems to be what's happening now, and I don't intend to schism.

"Founding a church isn't a trivial thing, and a contact could surely help, for what little effort it takes to communicate with him or her. The alternative is just to start taking stones and building..."

Also, I'm doing Spout Lore on the village. What churches are here already, and what's their attitude towards Aura?

2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 = 8

Himnon looks around the city and tries to gain some idea of its state of affairs.

Discern Realities: 2d6 - 1 ⇒ (1, 4) - 1 = 4

But after the long journey, he isn't at his most alert, and he starts to nod off after looking at the monotonous scenery.

"While Sora watches from above, I can try to keep an eye on what's happening below."

Aid: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 6) + 1 = 10

Himnon looks up at the lightning bolt that followed Sora's request. "I wonder how she does that. Maybe I could replicate it myself sometime...." "She" being Auhra but ambiguously referring either to Sora or Auhra.

He muses about how one would go about calling lightning with his new wand in his hand, suddenly interested in deities for once.

Charging it with a lightning bolt with tags area, forceful, and debilitating.

So, my bad, my INT was 15, not my WIS. I think I had intended to take wizard casting. Is that different enough that I won't step on your toes, himnon?

I have no problem with it.

Himnon is pleased to be of service in looking through the treasure.

Loot: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 6) + 3 = 15

Alignment: Finding out what magical pentagrams are capable of doing (1 XP)
Bonds: Nathan is no longer my ticket out of here (1 XP)
Reno saved me from falling into a chasm

Drazhu was certainly a notable enemy, and maybe the ritual Reno had to do was something important about the world. As of yet, I don't think there was a treasure.

In any case, I think I'm leveling up so I'll take, with approval, this move, and add 1 to INT:

Battle Mage
Add the following tags to the Black Magic list: Close, Area (-2 damage), Messy (+1d4 damage), Piercing 2. In addition, selecting a Range tag for your Black Magic does not count as one of your two tag choices.

"Maybe we should. There's not much left to do here, in any case, except maybe to enjoy the glitter."

What I ask the players to improve

*It seems to me that there is a lot of "why are we being punished" said in gameplay.

...

I don't remember having said very much like this, but if it were to happen in the future I would be open to being corrected, and I would imagine that others would too.

I would be happy to continue the campaign.

Himnon stands back silently. He doesn't want to go back on Sora's (and his own) promise, though he is ready to fight if need be, and the Tunnel Keep was one of the least trustworthy people he ever knew.

Glitter covers all of Himnon's clothes. The clothes are somewhat ruined, but it was worth Drazhu disappearing. He looks around to see who survived the battle.

Himnon puts his hand on Reno's shoulder and extends his other hand to any taker, trying to focus his mind on Reno's ritual.

Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 7) = 14 7

Himnon's soul gives him some pain, but he remains alive.

He turns to everyone else. "What do you suggest we do? We could kill him again and again, but that would wear us out if he kept appearing. But we only came here to kill him in order to help the other slaves, and letting him live again would do nothing for them."

While fleeing the pentagram, after seeing Sora turning the wrong direction, Himnon pulls her with him to outside the pentagram.

Aid: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5) + 1 = 8

Himnon tries to run away from the pentagram before his soul leaves him.

Defy Danger (Dex): 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 4) + 1 = 10

Is aiding acceptable here? And did Amaranth's hitting the pentagram weaken it at all?

Himnon tries to figure out what's happening and what he can do to stop it.

Spout Lore: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 2) + 1 = 9

Yes.

Rolling to aid then.

Aid Sora: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 3) + 1 = 7

Yes, I was parleying with what I said, not with the spell, but I'll fix the wording in the post.

"I could destroy the body if you'd like... but I wonder if merely destroying it would do anything. Liches are known for things like that."

Spout Lore: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 2 = 6 to see what I know about liches, apparently not a lot

Himnon creates a ball of fire by his hand and thrusts it at Drazhu.

Cast a Spell: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 5) + 2 = 8

Your spell won't last long - you'll need to hurry to take advantage of it.
The casting saps your energy. You take -1 ongoing to INT until you have a few minutes to clear your head.

He then creates a second ball of fire.

"And, Tunnel Keep, I could do the same to you if that's what you want."

To help with parley, using racial move that lets me use a spell as leverage for parley.

Cast a Spell: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5) + 1 = 8

Your spell won't last long - you'll need to hurry to take advantage of it.
Your spell affects either much more or much less than you wanted it to.

Himnon, indignant at Drazhu's insult, sends an exact copy of the nearly-invisible wave at Drazhu.

Black Magic: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 3) + 2 = 11

Near, forceful

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

This time, the wave strikes with more force.

Sorry, I'll try to describe more in the future.

Himnon casts a nearly-invisible wave of force in Drazhu's direction, but it ends up too weak to push him back.

Seeing Drazhu approaching Sora, Himnon throws out a spell to push him down.

Black Magic: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 = 9

Near, forceful. The GM removes a non-range tag of their choice, and you deal -1 damage.

Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

However, the spell comes out weaker than he expected.

Himnon tries to weaken Drazhu's mind with a spell.

Black Magic: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2) + 2 = 10

Tags: Near, debilitating (-1 INT)

Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

Sensing danger, Himnon resorts to his instinctual reaction.

Spout Lore: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 2 = 9

What does that pentagram do?

I do wonder.

I actually was imagining myself watching as I waited for everyone to get through the door, so there would be no wasted time. But I do think that deathly curiosity about magic is something that might be interesting about the character, and it matches the alignment (discover something about a magical mystery).

I also attempted Spout Lore if there's anything to know

I'm also heading west.

Himnon runs as quickly as possible through the door. He looks at the zombies until everyone manages to get through, trying to see if there is a clue to their origins, before shutting the door closed.

Spout Lore: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 5) + 2 = 13

Himnon joins the others in pushing the door open once the group is all ready.

What is about to happen? What should I be on the lookout for? What here is not what it appears to be?

"I would be happy to come along. It would be..." Himnon stops himself before he says "lots of fun." "It would be a good idea." He thinks Sora's motives are a little different than his own, but he can work with that.

He walks a bit to the left, just enough to get an idea of any possible dangers in that direction.

Discern Realities: 2d6 - 1 ⇒ (6, 6) - 1 = 11

"I actually was kind of wondering about the gemhearting thing. And some of us were never even slaves, so I'm sure they could get through just fine. And I'm sure one lich wouldn't pose that much of a threat..." As soon as he finishes, Himnon averts his gaze from everyone, knowing himself how unwise his plan sounds, but still deathly curious.

I'm better now, thank you.

I'm in the hospital right now, I should get out tomorrow, please carry on without me until I start posting again.

At Nathan's suggestion, Himnon becomes excited. "Yes! He'll love it!"

But when Cuddles shakes his head, Himnon becomes disappointed and tries to speak to the armor's heart. "Haven't you ever wanted to be a dragon?" Alas, not everyone understands the benefits of magic.